Patient Care Assistant Nursing Resource Pool

Job description

Employment Type: Part time Shift: 12 Hour Day Shift Description: Patient Care Assistant Department: Nursing Resource Pool: Location: Chelsea, MI hospital: Minimum pay rate: $16/hr + based upon applicable on the job patient care experience Position Purpose: The PCA, under the direction of a registered nurse, is responsible for direct patient care considering age specific, developmental, cultural and spiritual needs. They assist in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe and conducive to patient/family wellbeing including concepts of relationship-based care. Training is provided to prepare our colleagues for success. The PCA assists patient in completing ADLs including: Bathing, showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring, ambulation using assistive devices and with feeding and menu selection. They are responsible to record patient information and required data in appropriate areas in order to meet documentation requirements. The Nursing Resource Pool offers you increased flexibility in your scheduling, while allowing you to float only at the Chelsea hospital. We support our employees with a focused orientation and training about our e...